Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-677 Use of federal postcard application or Federal Write-In-Absentee Ballot
Statute Text
(1)
All absent voters as defined in Section
23-15-673
(1) and (2)
may use a duly executed federal postcard application (as provided for in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 USCS 1973ff et seq.) to request a ballot or to register to vote, or to do both simultaneously.
(2)
An absent voter who registers to vote utilizing a federal postcard application or a Federal Write-In-Absentee Ballot may vote in an election if the voter was registered to vote ten (10) or more days prior to the date of the election.
Source
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-9-507 [Codes, 1942, § 3203-203; Laws, 1972, ch. 490, § 203; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 342]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 218; Laws, 2000 , ch. 519 , § 2 ; Laws, 2010 , ch. 446 , § 2 , eff. 7/9/2010 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
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